Former bush fugitive Malcolm Naden pleads guilty to two murders

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A year to the day since his dramatic bush capture ended seven years on the run
from police, Malcolm Naden, once Australia’s most wanted man, finally
admitted today that he was guilty of murder.

Naden, 39, pleaded guilty to the murder of two women in 2005 and other charges
including the indecent assault of a 12-year-old girl, the attempted murder
of a police officer and a string of breaking and entering offences.

Wearing prison greens, Naden stood up straight in the dock with his hands
behind his back, bending down towards the microphone as he entered each
guilty plea in